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Playing Monopolis Monopoly: An Inquiry into Why We Are Making Ourselves So Miserable
Why does it seem like there isn’t enough money to pay for the things we really need? The headlines are filled with stories about our nation’s “debt problem” and …
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Pants on Fire Romney
Washington - There are those who tell the truth. There are those who distort the truth. And then there's Mitt Romney. Every political campaign exaggerates and dissembles. This practice …
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Lobby Responsibly
The big beer brewers often admonish us imbibers of their products to
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The End of the Euro: A Survivor’s Guide
In every economic crisis there comes a moment of clarity. In Europe soon, millions of people will wake up to realize that the euro-as-we-know-it is gone. Economic chaos awaits …
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Beyond Corporate Capitalism: Not So Wild a Dream
Itu2019s time to put the taboo subject of public ownership back on the progressive agenda. It is the only way to solve some of the most serious problems facing …
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Homophobia Threatens to Turn Democracy Into a Fundamentalist Theocracy
The long-term unemployment, the collapse of housing prices, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the draconian cuts in social spending have created a climate in which the vulnerable, …
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Boot the Billionaires
President Obama probably didn’t change many votes with his announcement that he had completed his evolution on gay marriage, but it was the right thing to do. Coming a …
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The Peace Train: Seeing and Believing It
Personal steps toward a collective mentality of conscious consumption and resource respect embodies one piece of the peace puzzle.
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Romney’s Regressivism
According to the non-partisan Tax Policy Center, Romneyu2019s plan would give a $250K tax cut, on average, to everyone now earning over a million dollars a year.
A Jo’rneyman’s Song
According to the Department of Defense, Ryan J. Wilson was the 3,000th member of the coalition forces fighting that war, and the 1,974th American, to die since it began …